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Launched last fall, the USB 3.0 standard has proven to be a godsend for those who use external storage devices on a regular basis, as compared to 2.0, there's just no competition. You might be lucky to see 30MB/s speeds with 2.0, for example, while 3.0 blows the doors wide open to deliver speeds...

The "professional gaming" market is filled with some first-rate competition, but Thermaltake believes it can deliver some of the best offerings out there. To help prove it, it's even created a unique brand, called "Tt eSPORTS". Let's take a look at one of the first products to fall under that...

Prior to the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops earlier this month, it was anticipated that the game could break records - not only those set by previous releases in the series, but records across all publishers and platforms. A mere week after its launch, it was clear that the game would be...

AMD's Radeon HD 6850 is one of the more attractive mid-range offerings on the market right now, and Sapphire hopes to lure potential buyers in even closer with the help of its "Toxic" edition. It features a customized cooler that runs quiet and keeps temps low, and also cranks up reference...

In the world of digital game sales, Valve's Steam platform is undeniably the current champion, and for most people I know, it's the first choice for their purchases. But, there exist other services that have been around almost just as long - Direct2Drive being one of them. No doubt feeling the...

To remain an active member of Xbox Live, you must adhere to the ground rules laid out by Microsoft. One of the more important ones concerns being respectful to other members, and if you are equipping your avatar with offensive emblems, such as a swastika, you might not only find yourself booted...

Ten years ago, the thought of a dual-core CPU didn't quite compute (pun intended) in our minds, because such products simply didn't exist. But today, multi-core processors are common in even the simplest of mobile devices, and on our desktops, some are lucky enough to have six cores at their...

This past Monday, one of the oldest software companies in existence was acquired by Attachmate, a company owned by an investment group consisting of Francisco Partners, Golden Gate Capital and Thoma Cressey Bravo. Despite the investor names, the company is not based in California, but rather...

PC gaming during the 90s was great. Games might not have had the graphics we see today, but most of them had heart and were great fun to play. On the FPS side of things, there were many instant-classic titles that PC gamers from that era have fond memories of, and many of today's gamers might...

Google TV, launched last month, was created to become the ultimate solution for TV viewing in the digital home. Google isn't the type of company to take any one of its products lightly, so it was of little surprise to see other large companies backing up the platform, including Logitech with its...

For as long as there has been PCI Express-based solid-state drives, there has been Fusion-io. The company first emerged a couple of years ago to a huge amount of uncertainty. It was delivering a product no one was sure of, but it didn't take long before others, including OCZ Technology on the...

Not long after the launch of Microsoft's Kinect motion-sensing peripheral for the Xbox 360, some creative hardware hackers got down to business and had the device function with a PC. The progress there is still in the earliest of stages, but the potential is huge. Given the major advantages the...

Have you ever seen a piece of cool piece of tech that seemed to serve no real purpose? Here's one example of something I think fits the bill... a hologram concert. No, it's not music being presented in Klingon, but rather something that Japan - no surprise - is leading the trail on. There's been...

A couple of weeks ago, news got out that certain UK retailers were planning to stop selling games that require Valve's Steam platform to play, citing that by selling such games to their customers, they'd essentially be sending them to a competitor. Being that Steam is getting bigger and bigger...

In an iteration of "In the TG Lab" I posted last month, I talked a bit about the network card that would become a crucial part of our NAS box testing, Intel's I340. At the time, I wasn't quite settled on which router could become the second half of the equation, but thanks to a recommendation in...

I've been long overdue forever, but this past weekend, I saw my first NFL game, featuring the Indianapolis Colts (favorite team) and New England Patriots (rival team). Friends I went with are massive Pats fans, so you could say I was taunted a lot! In the end, the Colts lost by literally one...

Ask NVIDIA if its graphics cards can do more than just handle the latest games at the best detail settings, and I'm sure it could go on for days about all of the advantages GPGPU technology offers anyone that has one of its graphics cards. Up to this point, though, consumers still don't seem to...

AMD last month launched a humor site called GPU Tube that helped lead up to the Radeon HD 6800 series launch, and I've been meaning to talk about it for a while. With a nudge from AMD, I was reminded, so here it is! This site features a "reporter" named Jason Sparrow who goes to AMD's Canadian...

If you're in the market for a flash drive and your PC supports USB 3.0, seeking out a compatible product is a no-brainer. The speed potential is huge, and most often, the cost premium is not. In the case of Kingston's DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0, it's 2.5x faster than the fastest USB 2.0 drive...

Intel is busy working on its upcoming "G3" third generation SSDs, but that doesn't mean it's sitting still until then. In addition to lowering suggested retail prices to be more in line with current market prices, Intel has confirmed that a recently spotted 120GB model SSD will be introduced in...